Published on Monday, February 08, 2010
By Telegraph Staff
Tuesday
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 400,000 people may contract Lyme disease each year. That's more than 10 times the number of those who will contract AIDS and West Nile Virus combined. Step inside the world of chronic Lyme disease patients at a free screening of the award-winning documentary Under Our Skin at 6:30 p.m. at the Brookline Public Library at 16 Main St. in Brookline. Under Our Skin deals with the science and politics behind Lyme disease and delves into the lives of those who struggle with debilitating health problems due to a late diagnosis or from the disease's resistance to traditional treatments.
A question and answer session with David Hunter, a longtime Lyme activist from Connecticut (where an outbreak of the disease in the town of Lyme earned it its name) will follow the film. For more information, call 673-3330
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